Latest Pictures

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Two weeks in and thoroughly bored, 4 weeks to go....jeeez....at least I'm nice and warm indoors while the temperature is dropping outside. I am feeling a lot better in myself now, although my mobility is deteriorating, I am now unable to manage indoors on the crutches, so i have to use the wheelchair all the time.
Our resident sparrow-hawk has been showing itself most days, scaring the high numbers of starlings off the pylon. Two goldcrests have been on the conifer at the bottom of the garden, but the garden is particularly quiet and the feeders are hardly used, probably due to a neighbours cat spending most of its time hunting there...grrrr.

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Well where do i start?! So much has happened since my last blog, but ive not really had the motivation to update here....so here goes.......
First job today was to remove the semi p from the year list, the distant views we had were inconclusive so i will not count it.
I now have my new electric wheelchair, so once i get a more practical vehicle, ill be able to get out and about as the chair is able to go offroad/all terrain. As nice as it is the jag wont take it!
My working career is now officially over, i have been discharged from my old job, so i am now a state scrounger! I have my disabled badge for the car, disabled pass for the buses, and awaiting confirmation to order a motability vehicle.
I am now volunteering for the rspb at dungeness as a 'Guide in a Hide' although lately the hide has been the visitor centre.
I am currently in Canterbury hospital awaiting transport home, where I have been ordered to have complete bedrest for 6 weeks......OH MY GOD!!!!
More to come...

About Me

From as early an age as I can remember I have been fascinated by nature and wildlife, I have also enjoyed photography since my mid teens. Since my wonderful wife Sue bought me a decent lens for my 50th birthday, I have been able to combine the 2 loves which has culminated into something much greater than the sum of the 2 parts. Sue did ask "would you get the use out of the lens?" Well to say yes would be an understatement, Sue either regrets bying me the lens as I am now never at home, or it was a cunning ploy....
My career of an electrical and mechanical engineer, has in the past not allowed much time for getting out with my camera, but my current situation now allows this a bit more, and I am loving it, although it is a bit restrictive in the areas I can get to due to being stuck in a wheelchair!.I hope anyone looking at this blog enjoys some of my pictures.
If you want a chat then I can normally be found at RSPB Dungeness where I volunteer in a visitor experience role on most Tuesdays and Fridays.